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We whose Names are here
under-written, Justices
Of the Peace for the County
aforesaid (whereof one Is
of the Quorum) Do consent to
the putting forth Eleanor DAWE
an Apprentice According to the
Intent and Meaning of this
Indenture.
(Signed): W. H. HORNDON
(Signed): J. T. CORYTON |
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THIS INDENTURE made the second day of April, in the
Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twelve BETWEEN NICHOLAS
STEER and JOHN WORTH Churchwardens of the Parish of St. Dominick in the
County of Cornwall and JOHN TAYLOR and EDMUND SNELL Overseers of the
Poor of the said Parish by and with the Consent of his Majesty’s
Justices of the Peace for the said County whose Names are hereunto
subscribed HAVE put and placed, and by these Presents Do put and place
ELEANOR DAWE aged nine Years or thereabouts, a poor Child of the said
Parish, Apprentice to EDWARD JOHN CLARKE, Clerk, with him to dwell and
serve from the day of the date of these Presents, until the said
Apprentice shall accomplish her full Age of twenty one years or
marriage, according to the Statute in that Case made and provided;
DURING all which said Term the said Apprentice her said Master
faithfully shall serve in all lawful Business, according to her Power,
Wit, and Ability, and honestly, orderly, and obediently in all Things
demean and behave herself towards her said Master during the said Term.
And the said EDWARD JOHN CLARKE for himself, his Executors and
Administrators doth covenant and grant to and with the said
Church-Wardens and Overseers, and every of them, their, and every of
their Executors and Administrators, and their and every of their
Successors, for the Time being, by these Presents, That he the said
EDWARD JOHN CLARKE the said Apprentice in Housewifery shall and will
teach, and instruct, or cause to be taught and instructed in the best
way and manner that he can And shall and will during all the term
aforesaid, find, provide and allow unto the said Apprentice meet,
competent, and sufficient Meat, Drink, Apparel, Lodging, Washing, and
other Things necessary and fit for an Apprentice; (PROVIDED ALWAYS, That
the said last mentioned Covenant on the said EDWARD JOHN CLARKE, his
Executors and Administrators, to be done and performed, shall continue
and be in force for no longer Time than Three Calendar Months next after
the Death of the said EDWARD JOHN CLARKE in case the said EDWARD JOHN
CLARKE shall happen to die during the Continuance of such
Apprenticeship, according to the Provisions of an Act passed in the
Thirty-second Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled, “An
Act for the further Regulation of Parish Apprentices,”) And also shall
and will so provide for the said Apprentice, that she be not any way a
Charge to the said Parish or Parishioners of the same; but of and from
all Charge shall and will save the said Parish of St. Dominick harmless
and indemnified during the said Term;
IN WITNESS whereof, the Parties aforesaid to these Presents their Hands,
and Seals have set the Day and Year first above written.
(Signed) EDWARD JOHN CLARKE (and Sealed)
On the Reverse:
Eleanor Daw
To
Mr. Clarke
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